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S. ANTHONY.

CARD INDEX. APPLICATION FILED MAR-25,1919.

Patented Feb. 10,1920.

STANLEY aivrnonv, on sos ron, MASSACHUSETTS.

CARD-INDEX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 10, 1920.

Application filed March 25, 1919. Serial Nb. 284,903.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STANLEY ANTHONY, a citizen of the United States, residin 'at Boston, county of Suffolk, State of Mhssachin setts, have invented an Improvement in Card-Indexes, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawing, is a specification, like characters on the drawing representing like parts.

This invention relates to card indexes of that type which comprise a frame, a plurality of card holders or card carriers removably sustained in said frame one above the other and index cards pivotally connected to the carriers and arranged in overlapping relation so that the bottom of each card projects below the bottom of the next card above.

When card indexes of this type are being used, it is necessary to remove individual cards from the card carrier in order to add thereto some desired ,data, and in many cases it is desirable to add the data on the .card through the typewriter as an instrumentality. To do this the individual cards must be so constructed that they can be readily inserted into and run through a typewriter. In my prior application for United States Letters Patent Se. No.

11 L674, filed August I l, 1916, I have shown are used, the operation of typewriting on f any indlvldual card involves first the step of detaching the hinge members from the carrier and then removing the hinge members from the card.

By my present invention I have provided an improved form'of card and card carrier which is constructed so that the card can be removed from the hinge members without removing the hinge members from the carrier and while the carrieris still in the frame so that the operation of adding any data to an index card on the typewriter involves simply removing the card from its hinge members. a

The frame which i used in a card index of this t-ypeis provided with a back having retaining lips at its edges under which the ends of the card carriers are received. In

some indexes, these lips are made of sufficient depth so that they can be used to receive index members in the form of strips of paper incased in celluloid sheaths. Where index members of this character are used, it is necessary to make the lips of a greater width than wouldbe required for receiving the metallic card carriers illustrated herein. Where the frame is provided with the wide retaining lips, it has been customary heretofore to make the metal carriers of sufficient length so that they extend the full width of each lip, thepurpose of this being to prevent the carriers from moving in the direction of their length after they have been inserted in the frame. Where the carriers do thus extend the full width of the relatively wide lip, some difficulty is involved in removing them because in bending them outwardly to shorten their length they are apt tobind against the lip.

I have provided herein a novel form of carrier whichis adapted to be used with a frame having a relatively wide lip, but

which is constructed so thatit extends only partway beneath the lip and yet is held from longitudinal movement. A carrier in volving my improved construction can be very readily removed and whenit is in place it i securely held against movement.

In order to give an understanding of my invention, I have illustrated in the draW- ings some selected embodiments thereof which will now be described, after which the novel features will be pointed out in the appended claims. V

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a card index embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is 'a perspective view of a carrier with its hinges, a part being broken away;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view of a portion of card adapted to be attached to said hinges;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged section on the line 4-4:, Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged section 011 the line 55, Fig. 1;

Fig. 6 is a fragmentar cview showing a different embodiment of my invention;

Fig. 7 is a view of a cardadapted to be used with the hinge shown in Fig. 6;

Fig.8 is "a view showing a still different embodiment of the invent-ion;

Fig. 9 1s a fragmentary view of a card adapted to be used with the hinge shown 111 Fig. 8.

1 indicates a frame, 2 the holders or card carrier which'are 'removably sustained in that are struck up from the holder Each card 3 is constructed to detachably engage the hinge members 5 to which it is attached, the construction being such that each fcard can be readily removed from its supporting hinge members without removingthe corresponding card holder from the frame. Various constructions might be e1nploy'ed that would permit of this operation, and i'n the drawings I have illustrated some which win demonstrate the principle of the invention, In the construction shown in Figs. 1 to 4:, each hinge member is provided witlr'a card-retaining projection formed at its ends with laterally-extending lips, and the card is' provided with a slot to receive such projection, the lips of the projection overlapping the edge of the slotand thus retaining the card in position. This projection. may be formed in various ways. One simple way is to strike 'it'up' from the hinge member, and i'n'the drawings the hinge member has the two arms 7 struck up therefrom, the end of each of which is bent latorally, as shown at 8, to form a retaining lip. The two arms together-form a projection adapted to occupy the slot of the card, andthe lips 8'overlie the edge of the slot. The slot in the card which receives the projection is indicated at 9 and the two slots 9 for -each card" extend in opposite directions and are sorelatively situated that when the card is in place on thehinge members the two projections occupy the inner ends of the slots. The lips 810verlie the edges of the slots and prevent the cards from being pulled oft from the projection, The outer end of the slots 9 may extend to the edge of the Carder may open into enlarged apertures 10, as desired. I In Fig. 3 I have shown them as openi'nginto apertures 10 which are or" a size to permit the projections with their lips to pass therethrough. In Fig. 7 I have shown them as extending to the edge of the card. 7

In attachin a card of the t e shown 111 Flg. 3 to the hinge members, one of the openings 10 will be placed over a projection on one of the hinges and then the card will be shifted endw'ise to cause said projection to enter the slot 9. The card may then be bent to shorten itslength sufiiciently to permit the other projection to pass through the other aperture 10 and then "when the card is allowedto assume its natural position, said the care from the hinge members. The card can thus be attached to or removed om the hinge members or any card carrier without removing the card carrier from the frame, and when the card is removed it has no pro jections thereon which interfere at all with its being inserted into and passed through the typewriter.

In Fig. 6 I have shown a hinge member having a slightly dillerent construction, said. member being formed with the eye or loop 11 through which a projection 12 on the card 3 may be inserted. This projection can conveniently be made by forming a slot ll in the edge of the card and the card will be attached to the hinge, as shown in Fig. 6. This same card can be used with the hinge member shown in Figs. 1 to 4, as above described. In Fig. 8 I have shown a different embodiment of the invention wherein each hinge member 5 is formed with a laterally-extending arm 15, the end of which is bent trans- '9 shown in Fig. 3, or with simply an opening 17, as shown in Figs. 8 and 9.

lChe lips -'l herein shown are relatively wide so that the frame 1 can be used with the type of index member which is in the form or" a narrow strip of paper incased in a transparent sheath.

In order to retain the metallic holders 2 in place, it is no neccs.-:-ar that the ends thereof should extend the full width or the lips l, but if they are made shorter then the holder will be permitted to have an cnd'wise movement which is undesirable. In order to prevent this I propose to form each holder 2 with a positioning projection 18 at each end, said projections being situated to engage the edges 19 oi the lips l when the holders or carriers are in place. These positioning projections 18 prevent the holders or carriers from longitudinal movement and thus make it possible to use a holder which is of such a length that the .itlS thereof will extend only part way it. the lips, as shown in Fig. 5. IVherc the holder extends under the lips for only a short distance, said holder can be readily removed from the frame or replaced therein without producing any binding action such as would occur it the end of the holder extended the full depth of the lip.

I claim:

1. In a card index, the combination with a frame, of a plurality of card carriers sustained thereby, ear-h having a pair of hinge members pivotally connected thereto, and an index card detachably sustained by each lflO lit

pair oi hinge members,each card being re movable from its hinge members Without removing the carrier from the frame.

2. In a card index, the combination with a frame having a back and retaining lips at its edges, of a card carrier having its ends inserted under said lips and retained in position thereby, said card carrier having positioning projections which engage the edges of the lips and thus prevent longitudinal movement of the carrier, and an index card sustained by said carrier. 7

3. In a card index, the combination with a frame, of a plurality of card carriers sustained thereby, each having a pair of hinge members permanently pivoted thereto, and

a card carried by each pair of hinge members, each card being removable from its hinge members Without removing the carrier from the frame.

4. A holder or carrier for cards of a card index system, said holder being made of a strip of metal and having card-supporting hinges permanently pivoted thereto.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

STANLEY ANTHONY. 

